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3 May 2025 9:00 am

The current election campaign has been widely described by observers as boring. But here at the Church of the New…

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12 April 2025 9:00 am

On present indications, the Coalition is heading for a loss in the coming election. The big excuse for this debacle…

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29 March 2025 9:00 am

One of the great mysteries of life here in Marvellous Melbourne is why the Age is assumed to be so…

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22 March 2025 9:00 am

During my 21 years in the federal parliament, I never got a satisfactory answer to the question why one side…

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1 March 2025 9:00 am

You may not know it, but I am well-known in progressive circles for my work as a conservationist and a…

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8 February 2025 9:00 am

My loyal readers have told me I should end my uncharacteristic silence on the war in Gaza. They are right.…

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25 January 2025 9:00 am

Here at the Joseph Stalin Centre for Law Reform – and before we go any further, we do not want…

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18 January 2025 9:00 am

High in the Snowy Mountains, just past Turnbull’s Leap, is a secret and heavily guarded facility named Alboland, designed to…

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11 January 2025 9:00 am

Looking back over the last political year, I could not help but reflect that we certainly send some interesting representatives…

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4 January 2025 9:00 am

The spirit of Christmas came to me last week in a very real but unexpected way. I had given myself…

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23 November 2024 9:00 am

Before looking at Marvellous Melbourne again, I want to note and praise the decision made yesterday in Washington on the…

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16 November 2024 9:00 am

As you know, we are always happy to report on appointments conferred on the former statesmen who have been so…

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9 November 2024 9:00 am

Marvellous Melbourne will give a closer focus to what is happening in that wonderful city and what we can learn…

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17 August 2024 9:00 am

At long last, there is a case for social reform that I can support. I do not normally get behind…

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10 August 2024 9:00 am

This is the story of the column I almost wrote, but which was overtaken by events. It all started a…

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22 June 2024 9:00 am

There are few issues of public interest that have aggravated me as much as the recent defenestration of Peter Costello.…

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18 May 2024 9:00 am

One aspect of life that keeps me awake at night is my concern that our readers who do not live…

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11 May 2024 9:00 am

Here at the Spectator Australia Political Research Institute we have been grappling with the most contentious issue that is currently …

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6 April 2024 9:00 am

I have been much taken by recent opinion pieces in the media that people are drifting away from the established…

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30 March 2024 9:00 am

I hope you will allow me, just for this week, to mention an essentially personal matter. On 19 March, I…

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16 March 2024 9:00 am

I would be a poor columnist if I continued with my monk-like silence on the war in Gaza. It is…

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9 March 2024 9:00 am

The long march though our institutions seems to be gathering pace. The latest targets are the courts and the  judges…

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2 March 2024 9:00 am

Guess what! The Liberal party in Victoria and its leader John Pesutto have actually shown some backbone, principle and commitment…

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17 February 2024 9:00 am

As you know, I am renowned for my commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity and the eradication all forms…

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10 February 2024 9:00 am

Bonjour, mes chers amis australiens! It has fallen to me, Monsieur Lia Baste, the elected Maire of Lunas (after the…